Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle and the trust he set up are purchasing new homes for the stars of the Oscar-winning film.

Once under fire for not doing enough for its impoverished Indian child stars, the makers of Slumdog Millionaire said on Wednesday they had bought a flat for Azharuddin Ismail, 9. The young actor, who played the character of Salim as a child, had his Mumbai shanty home demolished by the Indian government earlier this month.

Boyle is in the process of purchasing a home for Rubina Ali as well, who plays the young Latika.

“They were given access to a world, an extraordinary and glamorous world, and they understandably want their lives to be completely transformed,” the British filmmaker told reporters after a meeting with Ali and Ismail in Mumbai on Wednesday.

“The homes are a concern. That is one of the reasons why we built the trust.”